The Knives: A Criminal Book (2025)

The neon haze of Hollywood in the era of peak TV swallows Jacob Kurtz, a cartoonist lured west to adapt his work. He finds himself entangled in the affairs of his aging aunt and the predators eyeing her estate. Meanwhile, Angie, raised at the Undertow, has lost everything. She navigates the city's underbelly with a singular focus on its reigning kingpin. Across town, Tracy Lawless, freshly discharged from special forces, returns as a civilian in ruinous condition. This city has always been a trigger for his worst impulses. Over a decade, these three paths converge in a collision of greed, ambition, and fractured family bonds.